The platform introduces Herd Studio, an in-browser interface that combines live previews, terminal access, exception tracking, and coding agents that support existing AI providers or included free models. Isolated workspaces leverage copy-on-write technology and custom subdomains, enabling multiple agents to modify a project simultaneously without initial disk space overhead. Additionally, the system automatically runs native Laravel and Vite development commands to eliminate setup errors during browser preview sessions. Direct integration with Laravel Cloud allows engineers to build apps from prompts and deploy them seamlessly.
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Developers can safely run multiple coding agents concurrently across separate workspaces…: Developers can safely run multiple coding agents concurrently across separate workspaces on a single application.
The platform automatically manages native development servers for Laravel and Vite applic…: The platform automatically manages native development servers for Laravel and Vite applications to stop page load failures.
All artificial intelligence capabilities remain entirely optional and will receive granul…: All artificial intelligence capabilities remain entirely optional and will receive granular toggles in the upcoming 2.1 release.
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Laravel Herd 2.0 is out for macOS and Windows. The release adds Herd Studio, a browser panel for working with coding agents next to your local .test
sites. It also adds isolated workspaces for running several agents on one app, automatic php artisan dev
support, a new Applications window, and deploys to Laravel Cloud.
The announcement post says Herd 2.0 "turns Herd from the fastest way to install PHP into the place where Laravel apps get built." If you only use Herd to serve PHP sites, the post says your setup stays the same:
If Herd is already part of your daily setup, nothing changes unless you want it to.
Every AI feature can also be turned off.
Herd Studio
When Herd Studio is enabled, Herd adds an "Edit with Herd" badge to every page of your local sites. This applies to every site Herd serves, not only Laravel apps. Clicking the badge opens Herd Studio for that site. You can also visit /herd-studio
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